In other words, the relationship of earlier to later can be described in terms of the temporal modalities and the concept of comparative temporal distances. (religion-online.org)
When we see Frankenthaler's sparkling, frothy greys and whites in Barometer (1992) next to Turner's Stormy Sea Breaking on a Shore (1840 — 45), the long temporal distance between them seems to shrink. (apollo-magazine.com)
Our intuitions about such vast temporal distances are soft and uncertain. (vox.com)